Please check that the shoot details below are correct and amend if necessary.

Annual Shooting Bag & Gamekeeping Return Form

Year	2019/2020	Code	Grid ref
Shoot name	No. of keepers	1
Owner/tenant
Total shoot area	Moorland area	Woodland area	0

GAMEBIRDS	Shot	Released	Bag structure	Wild/released in bag
(wild birds only, if known)	(if released birds have been tagged)
Total	Code*	Total	Cocks	Hens	Wild	Tagged
Pheasant	-
Total	Code*	Total	Old	Young
Redleg partridge	-
Grey partridge	-	Shoot days	Driven	Walked
Red grouse	-
Ptarmigan	-	Upland game
Black grouse	-	Lowland game
Capercaillie	-

WADERS AND WATERFOWL (numbers shot)
Total	Code*	Total	Code*	Total	Code*
Common snipe	-	Teal	-	Shoveler	-
Jack snipe (NI)	-	Wigeon	-	Gadwall	-
Woodcock	-	Tufted duck	-	Canada goose	-
Golden plover	-	Pochard	-	Greylag	-
Total	Code*	Released	Goldeneye	-	Pinkfoot	-
Mallard	-	Pintail	-	Whitefront	-

OTHER GAME ANIMALS AND DEER (numbers shot or killed; please specify sex if known)
Total	Code*	Total	Code*	Males	Females	Young
Woodpigeon	-	Roe deer	-
Feral pigeon	-	Red deer	-
Collared dove	-	Sika deer	-
Total	Code*	Fallow deer	-
Rabbit	-	Muntjac deer	-
Brown hare	-	Chinese water deer	-
Mountain hare	-	Wild boar	-

PREDATORY SPECIES (numbers shot, trapped or killed)
Total	Code*	Total	Code*	Total	Code*
Hedgehog	-	Grey squirrel	-	Jay	-
Weasel	-	Brown rat	-	Coot	-
Stoat	-	Carrion crow	-	Moorhen	-
Polecat	-	Hooded crow	-	Herring gull	-
Mink	-	Magpie	-	Great black-backed gull	-
Fox	-	Rook	-	Lesser black-backed gull	-
Feral cat	-	Jackdaw	-

* Codes: NC - Total reported is not complete PR - Present but not killed UN - Killed but number unknown

Please see notes on reverse before completing the form

GUIDELINES FOR COMPLETING THE FORM

Please fill in only those boxes for which you have information. We do not expect you to change your recording methods to accommodate this form, so please leave blank any parts that are not relevant to you.

Shoot area: specify acres (ac) or hectares (ha) please.

Please check that the total shoot area, area of moorland and area of woodland are correctly given. The total area will always be at least as great as the sum of woodland and moorland areas. Please fill any blanks and correct any errors.

Gamekeepers

This refers to the number of full-time employees. Part-time keepers, weekenders and others should be counted as ½. Please complete if blank and correct any errors.

Period covered: 12 months ending 1st February this year

Late-season hare and pigeon shoots (i.e. February or March) can also be included.

Numbers shot, trapped or killed

Please write only one digit or capital letter clearly in each box and please use black or blue pen.

Game and predator records should refer to the total numbers killed on the shoot (code column left blank).

Example: A total of 136 red grouse bagged over the last season	Red grouse	136 3 6

If complete totals are not available for some species, please add one of the following two-letter codes:

NC – Not Complete: Some of the animals killed are not counted, so the total reported is not complete.

Example 1: 45 rats were shot/trapped, others (number unknown) poisoned	Brown rat	4	5	N	C
Example 2: 125 rabbits were shot on shoot days, not tallied at other times	Rabbit	1	2	5	N	C

PR – Present: The species was present but not killed (bag total column left blank).

Example: Brown hares were present on the area, none were shot	Brown hare	P	R

UN – Unknown: The species was killed but the number killed is unknown (bag total column left blank).

Example: Woodpigeons were controlled but not recorded	Woodpigeon	U	N

Bag structure (pheasant, grey partridge, red grouse)

Please provide any available data on numbers of cocks and hens (pheasants) or old and young (grey partridge, red grouse), even if only part of the bag was sexed or aged. If your released pheasants were tagged, and you separated wild from reared birds (of all ages) for some or all of the bag, please also give details.

Numbers released

Please give total numbers of birds reared and released for pheasant, grey partridge, redleg partridge and mallard.

Shoot days

Please give the number of driven days and walked-up days, for upland game (grouse shoots) and lowland game (e.g. pheasant, partridge) separately.

Polecats

Refers only to wild polecats, please do not include escaped ferrets or ferret/polecat crosses even though some may be feral.

COMMENTS

Please give comments or add details of any other bird or mammal species that you feel are relevant:

RETURN TO: National Gamebag Census, Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, Fordingbridge, SP6 1EF
Tel: 01425 651019 Fax: 01425 655848